An individual basidium ultimately produces

A. eight diploid spores.
B. four genetically identical haploid spores.
C. four haploid spores, each genetically different.
D. eight identical haploid spores.
E. eight haploid spores, of which there are two each of four different genetic types.


C. four haploid spores, each genetically different.

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A species with a relatively constant rate of mortality in all age classes would most likely exhibit which

of the following survivorship curves?

a. Type I, which is graph A b. Type II, which is graph B c. Type I, which is graph C d. Type III, which is graph C e. Type III, which is graph A

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A gene that affects three traits is _____

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